Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

President Fulfills Campaign Promise to Pardon 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' Blames DOJ AbuseOn his second day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, an online marketplace tied to over $200 million in illegal bitcoin transactions. Ulbricht has been in federal prison since 2015, sentenced to life with no possibility of parole.

Three individuals who orchestrated a massive-scale pirate operation involving the sale of Avaya business telephone system software licenses worth over $88,000,000 have received imprisonment sentences. [...]

Will spend 20 years in prison after selling $88M in ADI software keys A sysadmin and his partner pleaded guilty this week to being part of a "massive" international ring that sold software licenses worth $88 million for "significantly below the wholesale price."…

Games giant thanks US authorities for securing 3-year prison term for Team-Xecuter leader